PA System

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PA System

Definition: PA System

PA System

Noun

1. An electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definitions: PA System

Domain	Definitions
General	Apparatus including one or more microphones or other pick up devices, an amplifier and one or more loudspeakers, used for the purpose of broadcasting speech, music or other sounds to a large audience. Source: European Union. (references)
Physics	An apparatus including one or more microphones or other pickup devices, an audiofrequency amplifier and one or more loudspeakers used for broadcasting speech, music or other sounds to a large audience. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: PA System

Synonym: public address system (n). (additional references)

Modern Translations: PA System

Language		Translations for "PA system"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lydgengivelsessystem (public address, public-address system, sound reproducing system), lydgengivelsesinstallation (public address, public-address system), lydgengivelse (public address, public-address system), højttaleranlæg (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system). (various references)

Dutch		PA-apparatuur (public address, public-address system), PA systeem (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system), omroepinstallatie (public address, public-address system), geluidsinstallatie (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system). (various references)

French		système de sonorisation (pa, PA equipment), sonorisation, sono (pa, PA equipment), installation de sonorisation (PA equipment), installation de diffusion sonore (PA equipment). (various references)

German		Lautsprecheranlage (intercom, loud-speaker equipment, PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system), Beschallungsanlage (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system), Beschallung (public address system). (various references)

Greek		μεγαφωνικό σύστημα (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system). (various references)

Italian		sonorizzazione (public address system), sistema di diffusione sonora (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system). (various references)

Pig Latin		apay ystemsay.(various references)

Portuguese		sistema sonoro (PA equipment, public address, public address system, public-address system, sound system). (various references)

Spanish		sonorización (public address, public-address system), megafonía (PA equipment, public address system, sound system). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: PA System

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-m-p-s-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: mateys, mayest, myases, pastes, sayest, spates, stamps, stapes, steams, steamy, system, yeasts.
	-3 letters: apses, asset, easts, empty, essay, etyma, masse, massy, masts, mates, matey, mayst, meats, meaty, mesas, messy, pases, passe, paste, pasts, pasty, pates, patsy, peats, peaty, pests, pesty, samps, satem, sates, sayst, seams, seamy, seats, septa, septs, spaes, spams, spasm, spate, spats, spays, stamp, stays, steam, stems, steps, styes, tames, tamps, tapes, tasse, teams, temps, tepas, types, yeast.
	-4 letters: amps, apes, apse, asps, ates, ayes, east, easy, eats, espy, etas, eyas, maes, maps, mass, mast, mate, mats, mays, meat, mesa, mess, meta, pams, pase, pass, past, pate, pats, paty, pays, peas, peat, pest, pets, psst, pyas, pyes, same, samp, saps, sate, says, seam, seas, seat, sept, seta, sets, spae, spam, spas, spat, spay, stay, stem, step, stey, stye, tame, tamp, tams, tape, taps, tass, team, teas, temp, tepa, tyes, type, yams, yaps, yeas.
	-5 letters: amp, ape, apt, asp, ass, ate, aye, ays, eat, ems, ess, eta, mae, map, mas, mat, may, met, pam, pas, pat, pay, pea, pes, pet, pya, pye, sae, sap, sat, say, sea, set, spa, spy, sty, tae, tam, tap, tas, tea, tye, yam, yap, yea, yep, yes, yet.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-m-p-s-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: spymaster.
	+2 letters: asymptotes, paymasters, spymasters, sympathies, sympathise, sympatries.
	+3 letters: metaphysics, somatotypes, sympathised, sympathises, sympathizes, sympetalies, sympetalous, synaptosome.
	+4 letters: scyphistomae, sympathetics, sympathizers, synaptosomes, trypanosomes.
	+5 letters: emphysematous, lymphomatoses, postvasectomy, spermatocytes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: PA System

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 41 53 79 73 74 65 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000001 00100000 01010011 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#65 &#32 &#83 &#121 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0053 0079 0073 0074 0065 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50352539185867179

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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